"The only modern thing I have in my house is my computer; I need it for my work," she said. "I also have a modern fridge, but only because I haven't found a nice 1930s one yet and they no longer deliver ice for ice boxes."

Cheater, Attention Whore. I bet she has an indoor toilet too and a shower too.

Depends, if she is doing this as part of research on how people lived back then, then that is a pretty cool level of dedication. My guess is that she is going to do this for a couple of years, then publish a book. She also mentioned having a computer for work, so I am guessing there is some kind of blog involved, that is also bringing in a little money.

Badgers:"The only modern thing I have in my house is my computer; I need it for my work," she said. "I also have a modern fridge, but only because I haven't found a nice 1930s one yet and they no longer deliver ice for ice boxes."

Cheater, Attention Whore. I bet she has an indoor toilet too and a shower too.

Those were becoming common by the 1930s. If you read TFA, she lives in a block of flat put up in the 1910s to showcase "Modern" living, so they would have had modern kitchens and bathrooms.

/But to put it in perspective, in working-class England in the 1930s, the WC was in a shed in the garden most people did their bathing at the nearest public bath.

Depends, if she is doing this as part of research on how people lived back then, then that is a pretty cool level of dedication. My guess is that she is going to do this for a couple of years, then publish a book. She also mentioned having a computer for work, so I am guessing there is some kind of blog involved, that is also bringing in a little money.

Blog? Those still a "thing"?Personally, I've yet to run into any single persons content and say "meh, I'd pay to read more.."

Dwight_Yeast:Badgers: "The only modern thing I have in my house is my computer; I need it for my work," she said. "I also have a modern fridge, but only because I haven't found a nice 1930s one yet and they no longer deliver ice for ice boxes."

Cheater, Attention Whore. I bet she has an indoor toilet too and a shower too.

Those were becoming common by the 1930s. If you read TFA, she lives in a block of flat put up in the 1910s to showcase "Modern" living, so they would have had modern kitchens and bathrooms.

/But to put it in perspective, in working-class England in the 1930s, the WC was in a shed in the garden most people did their bathing at the nearest public bath in a a tin bath, in front of the fire.

Badgers:"The only modern thing I have in my house is my computer; I need it for my work," she said. "I also have a modern fridge, but only because I haven't found a nice 1930s one yet and they no longer deliver ice for ice boxes."

Cheater, Attention Whore. I bet she has an indoor toilet too and a shower too.

Good lord! Why would anyone want to bring their toilet inside? It's not as if you can cut a hole in the floor anywhere you like!

/But to put it in perspective, in working-class England in the 1930s, the WC was in a shed in the garden most people did their bathing at the nearest public bath in a a tin bath, in front of the fire.

Public baths were for toffs.

In 1930s America, baths were taken on Saturday night in the kitchen in front of the cook stove, where they heated the water. Kids first, then Mom, followed by Pa, who got the water dirtiest. It was the start of the Saturday Night Party as a tradition.

towatchoverme:My dad lived in Amsterdam in the 30s and 40s. They had indoor plumbing and hot water and a proper phone and an electric refrigerator.

When they moved to North America in the 50s they had a party line and an ice box. He was pissed.

It really depended on where you lived in the US or western Europe.

One of the things I'm currently fascinated by are municipal, public baths. They were really common in New York, where people often lived six or eight to a room in large tennaments and they were fairy common in Baltimore, where working-class rowhouses were too small for bathrooms.

But here in Philadelphia, the city only ever built a handful, and they were all in one area. The reason seems to be that by the early 20th century, every working-class house that went up not only had an indoor toilet but a bath tub as well. Housing here was so cheap that even poorer working-class families could afford to rent new, sanitary rowhouses rather than living in slums.